Senior Staff Attorney: Legislative Analysis & Coordination

Administrative Office of the Courts; United States; Remote; USD 114,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) seeks a Senior Staff Attorney to serve as the Legislative Resource and Analysis Coordinator in Olympia, WA.

You will lead the internal legislative bill-review process, provide in-depth statutory analysis, and prepare summaries for AOC leadership and the Board for Judicial Administration. JD, WA Bar, and six years of practice required; strong collaboration during sessions.

Qualifications

• Strong legal research, writing, analysis, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of Washington State’s legislative process preferred.
• Experience working with courts, judicial committees, the legislature, or in public policy is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate AOC’s internal legislative bill-review process and lead cross-divisional bill-review meetings.
• Lead the AOC Legislative Screening Team responsible for reviewing all bills introduced for potential impacts on the courts and the judicial branch.
• Assign bill reviews to AOC staff members and track completion, quality, and timeliness of these reviews.
• Conduct expert legal analysis of proposed legislation to identify potential statutory conflicts, operational impacts, fiscal considerations, and implementation issues.
• Prepare bill summaries, impact analyses, and briefing materials for AOC, BJA, and judicial branch leadership.

Skills

Legal analysis

Legal writing

Communication

Legislative process knowledge

Cross-divisional coordination

Education

Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school

Job description

The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) seeks a Senior Staff Attorney to serve as the Legislative Resource and Analysis Coordinator in Olympia, WA.

You will lead the internal legislative bill-review process, provide in-depth statutory analysis, and prepare summaries for AOC leadership and the Board for Judicial Administration. JD, WA Bar, and six years of practice required; strong collaboration during sessions.